EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | Congestion I think it's fairly obvious what's happening here- "the network" is overcongested. The modern SMS system over CDMA wasn't designed to handle such high quantities of messages, and I don't think there's any logical upgrade path to SMS.
Remember a while back, they were trying to drop SMS notifications? That failed. I think it's pretty obvious that the new fee is an attempt to limit demand and lower the overall volume of SMS messages.
If VZW can't get control of their network, then you'll probably start seeing a degradation in SMS service quality, with messages being dropped or delayed substantially.
I wouldn't be surprised if Verizon Wireless had the highest amount of text messages out of the national US wireless carriers- yes at&t has more customers, but VZW has been spending a lot of time pushing those "texting phones" like the LG Voyager and the enV and seems to have been quite successful there (at least I see them all the time)... |
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axus
join:2001-06-18
Washington, DC | Then they need to go to a different system for text messaging. Maybe the Android software platform will be able to bring a new standard. |
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With T-mobile I'm already seeing it happening. I have txt friends and vice-versa and the txt sometimes doesn't get there for hours or couple of days. A friend called and i was able to hear the voice mail. When i called my friend back she said oh yeah but that was like a week ago i was like what?.... it does not happen to me every day it has happened a couple of times but it has happened to my friends as well. I was thinking that maybe was happening because of the upgrades in their network to 3g but that's my opinion. Who knows maybe the boogieman is lurking in the network  |
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | reply to axus
Much easier said that done. Soo much easier said than done.
You're talking likely over 60 million phones that currently are active on the current SMS system. Every single phone in the pipeline from the phone manufacturers depends on the current system. So it would probably take over a year before you could even have any phones at all on a new system... and most people don't update their phones that often, so they won't see any benefits. |
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